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Russia May Lose 2 More Starlink Alternative Satellites. Two of Russia’s Rassvet satellites – the country’s answer to the US’s Starlink – are falling and risk burning up in the atmosphere.


Russia planned to launch close to 400 satellites by 2030 – versus Starlink’s over 7,800 already in orbit.

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